Biotechnological Approaches in Food Adulterants

ISBN-13: 9780367369866 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 344 str.

Madan L. Verma

Opis

The book covers key topics in food adulteration and the applications of cutting-edge technologies in its detection. Topics include growth of food adulterants, potential toxicity, legislations to prevent food adulteration, technology for food adulterants detection, and biosensing and nanobiosensing based detection of food adulterants.

Spis treści

Overview of food adulteration from the biotechnological perspective. An overview of potential toxicity of food adulterants and food adulteration act. Advances in technologies used in the detection of food adulteration. Food colours: the potential sources of food adulterants and their food safety concerns. Innovative and emerging technologies in the detection of food adulterants. Contributions of Omics approaches for the detection of food adulterants. Advances in proteomics approaches for food authentication. Contributions of fingerprinting food in the detection of food adulterants. Nanosensors as potential multisensor systems to ensure　safe　and　quality food. Global perspective of sensors for the detection of food adulterants. Application of nanoscience and nanotechnology towards advancement of safety issues of foods. Computing in biotechnology for food adulterants.